According to Lt.-Gen. Igor Khvorov, who is in charge of the Russian Air Force's strategic air command, they are ready and set to launch "preventive
strikes" in terrorist camps around the world. He also mentioned that they are not ruling out attacking "any base anywhere on the planet". Their
main concern is any external enemies; no deadlines or targets were mentioned by Khvorov.

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Considering the potential and range of strategic bombers, one can say that terrorists will not be able to hide anywhere in the world, Khvorov
stressed.

First of all, the strategic air command aims to defend the state against external enemies, so that any hotheads would not want to test the strength of
our state, Khvorov added.

Previously, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov confirmed the possibility of dealing preventive strikes against terrorist bases in any part of the
world.

We do not rule out the possibility of launching preventive strikes against terrorist bases in any part of the world, Ivanov said. Surely enough, we
will not name specific locations and deadlines in advance because such preventive strikes would otherwise prove ineffective, Ivanov noted.

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I am reading mixed signals from the Russian government, but it seems they are getting ready for some kind of attack against "terrorist bases and
other targets around the world."

Originally posted by Muaddib
I am reading mixed signals from the Russian government, but it seems they are getting ready for some kind of attack against "terrorist bases and
other targets around the world."

Nice story, btw, muaddib. I hear ya on the mixed signals. I'm wondering if the USA appears anywhere on that list.

They seem to have gone to a
lot of trouble to stress the "anywhere in the world" part. I can just see it now: "Russian bombers strike at FARC bases in Columbia."

Unless they want to start a Nuclear war which both sides will lose in I doubt it. America would never attack terrorist targets anywhere in Russia
without full permission from Russia which they wouldnt get.

Nobody is going to risk getting into a full scale nuclear war just to kill a few terrorist. Plus both the US and Russia are both fighting against
Islamic terrorist.

Originally posted by ShadowXIX
Russia wont strike the US to hit terrorits targets

Unless they want to start a Nuclear war which both sides will lose in I doubt it. America would never attack terrorist targets anywhere in Russia
without full permission from Russia which they wouldnt get.

Nobody is going to risk getting into a full scale nuclear war just to kill a few terrorist. Plus both the US and Russia are both fighting against
Islamic terrorist.

[edit on 18-12-2004 by ShadowXIX]

Shadow, the Lt-Col said they were ready to do "preventive attacks anywhere on the planet."

Anyways, just like we used the Muhajedeen (however it is spelled) in the past to fight against the Russians, the Russians and other nations have used
terrorism to attack other nations, including the U.S. I am not the one saying this, former high ranking Russian military defectors say this, as well
as others who have degrees on Russian studies.

Just like we have black ops, the Russians until at least the late 1990s, used terrorists for black ops.

It is true the Russians are having problems with terrorism too, but there are many terrorist groups, some have no affiliation to other terrorist
groups at all, others do, the same can be said of China, NK and a few others.

So what? Russia is simply trying to reinstate their image as a great power. Undoubtedly the more militaristic among them have nostalgia for the good
old days when Russia was taken seriously. Sadly, they have not realized how much the world has changed. Russia will be taken seriously when it
completes its economic reforms (instead of going backwards, as they are now) and fully institute the rule of law, which is substantially missing.
Whether they will again be feared remains to be seen. What they really need is to earn respect. What their people need is government that serves them,
not the egos of the power-trippers and the rapaciousness of the greedy.

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